Placeholder styling supported by a lot of browsers,
look here: http://caniuse.com/#feat=input-placeholder
Example -
Style:
input:-ms-input-placeholder {
color:pink;
font-style:italic;
text-transform:uppercase;
text-align:center;
}
input::-webkit-input-placeholder {
color:pink;
font-style:italic;
text-transform:uppercase;
text-align:center;
}
input:-moz-placeholder {
color:pink;
font-style:italic;
text-transform:uppercase;
text-align:center;
}
/* firefox 19+ */
input::-moz-placeholder {
color:pink;
font-style:italic;
text-transform:uppercase;
text-align:center;
}
HTML: